Use of the duplex TaqMan PCR system for detection of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2668-2673

  Hsu, Ching Fang ^a   Tsai, Tsung Yu ^a   Pan, Tzu Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; O ANTIGEN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RFB GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STX 2 GENE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; CATTLE; DNA PROBES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; MALUS; MEAT; MILK; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 20444453677     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2668-2673.2005     Document Type: Article

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